My lovely
boyfriend and I flew into Catania and hired a car (yes – the drivers are as
crazy as most Italian write up’s imply) and arrived at our lovely boutique
hotel http://www.gemdeluxe.it/.
We embarked on a midnight stroll and came across a local hang out where we managed to order in broken Italian ice cold beers, homemade pesto ravioli
& aubergine lasagne. Perfection!
The
following morning we braved the mid morning traffic and drove to Modica (with a
stop-over in beautiful Noto). Modica is the city of chocolate (heaven!) and we stayed
in converted caves that had been restored by the architect who owns them at http://www.casatalia.it/ The hotel location
required us to lug our bags up winding steep streets but the view was truly
worth it (a view that we looked over whilst eating a breakfast of home-made
cakes, breads & jam with freshly squeezed juice every morning).
Next
stop was the wedding location with stop offs in Piazza Armerina (B&B La Casa sulla
Collina d'Oro) and Enna. We stayed in an amazingly picturesque
farmhouse in Antico Feudo San Giorgio with the rest of the wedding guests.
The wedding was one of the most beautiful that I have ever been to and was
followed the next day by a very glamorous pool party before heading to Scopello
where we were blown away by the landscape, food and beaches. Paradise!
Our last
stop was Marsala where a friend that we were travelling with has friends who own
the vineyard 'Baglio Curatolo Arini' and we were treated to delicious pasta of
lemon, olive oil and chilli with generous amounts of chilled wine &
Marsala at their gorgeous home surrounded by flowering hedges and lemon trees.
The following day we reluctantly made the journey to Palermo and flew back to London with memories of 12 days that we will never forget! If you ever get the chance to visit I would suggest you take it! There is
a such a simplicity about Sicily in the way that it is so unspoilt, the people are
so humble and the food is always locally produced & prepared differently depending on the season.
Needless to say, we would go back in a heartbeat!
